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Parchment-style artwork of an empty rocking chair moving beside a fire, Midwestern American folktale.

The Rocking Chair That Rocked Itself: Midwestern American Folktale

by Ayomide Adekilekun

October 21, 2025

American Superstitions·American Traditions & Beliefs

The chair stood by the hearth in nearly every old farmhouse across rural Ohio. Its creaking wooden frame had been smoothed by generations of hands and warmed by countless fires. To most families, it was simply a place to rest after a long day. But to those who still listened to the whispers of the past, it was something more,

Parchment-style illustration of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox in snowy woods, American folktale.

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox: An American Folktale that Teaches Lessons on Strength, Teamwork, and the Power of Legend

Long ago, in the rugged northern forests of America, where towering pines whispered to the wind and the snow stretched farther than

Parchment-style artwork of Davy Crockett firing into the sunrise on a frosty Tennessee hill, American folktale scene.

Davy Crockett and the Frozen Dawn: An American Folktale that Teaches Lessons on Boasting and Humor

In the early days of the American frontier, when the land stretched wild and untamed across Tennessee, there lived a man whose

A realistic painting of an American alligator resting on a muddy riverbank at dawn, surrounded by misty wetlands and tall grasses under soft golden light.

The American Alligator Legend

In the vast marshes and slow-moving rivers of the southern United States, where the air hangs heavy with mist and the reeds

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